Doctors still have him under observation while his family wait anxiously for doctors to giveauthorisation for him to be flown home to England.

The first his parents knew of the accident was when their daughter rang to ask where she could find his travel insurance.

Luke has been in contact with his parents and is being supported in hospital by a close friend who hopes to travel home with him once it has been given the ok by doctors.

Despite his injuries he is lucky not to have lost his life after falling such a distance, two years ago a 24-year-old from Newcastle was not so lucky and sadly died after falling at the same waterfalls.